BRAVE youngster Ben Baddeley has finally received a reply from the Prime Minister after begging for his help – but his dad says it offers no help at all.

The Chronicle has reported how 11-year-old Ben wrote to David Cameron after seeing his parents Gary and Amy struggling to pay for his medical treatment following an operation the NHS refused to fund.

Desperate for answers after seeing his mum cry, Ben, who suffers from cerebral palsy, spent hours hand writing a letter to the PM in the hope he would be able to help.

But the reply which came two weeks later, suggested treatment options which had already been ruled out.

Mr Cameron told Ben: “I recognise you and your parents’ hard work and dedication to raise the money you need.

“I understand your local commissioning group, has offered to discuss the best way for you to access physiotherapy through NHS funding. The NHS is considering a specific funding request that would make this happen.”

Prime Minister David Cameron

But dad Gary, who works at Bentley, said: “The discussion he mentions with NHS England has already happened, the funding request he mentions has been refused four times because the NHS claim to have no proof that this treatment is cost effective.

“All we get told is the treatment is not cost effective, yet we have proof it is – he would know that if he bothered to look into Ben’s file with the NHS.

“How he expects an 11-year-old to understand what he has typed out and not even bothered to write him is beyond me. He hasn’t answered any of Ben’s questions and didn’t even take the time to write the letter himself. It took Ben two days to write his letter.

Ben Baddeley writes to the Prime Minister David Cameron for help in finding answers as to why he can't get help to get better

“He has simply repeated the exact same thing the NHS have been saying for the past two years and has given Ben no options of help whatsoever. So Ben is still in the same situation and his treatment is only funded up to April 15. The only difference now is that Ben is struggling and he has done nothing about it.”